Sunday, June 29, 2025

June 28th Butterfly World at Ward Pound Ridge

Snow White Moth

Rusty Harold's INaturalist list 

Leader Karlo Mirth

Alison M, Rusty H,Peter D.

30 species 

Hi Peter and Rusty, Ward Pound seldom disappoints - it's one of our favorite places. Here's the list of butterflies.
Delaware Skipper


Spicebush Swallowtail - 2
Cabbage White - 1
Orange Sulphur - 4 or 5
American Copper - 1
Banded Hairstreak - 3
Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1
Summer Azure - 20 plus
Great Spangled Fritillary - 40 to 50 (nice number)
Pearl Crescent - 1
Eastern Comma - 2
Compton Tortoiseshell - 1! 
Red Admiral - 1
Viceroy - 1
Appalachian Brown - 4
Little Wood-Satyr - 10
Common Wood-Nymph - 1
Monarch - 2
Silver-spotted Skipper - 4
Southern Cloudywing - 2
Least Skipper - 1
European Skipper - 2
Peck's Skipper - 1
Tawny-edged Skipper - 8
Crossline Skipper - 1
Northern Broken-Dash - 1
Little Glassywing - 20 plus
Delaware Skipper - 12
Hobomok Skipper - 1
Dion Skipper - 2
Dun Skipper - 3 to 4

One of the skippers that we saw turned out to be a Northern Broken-Dash. 

It was great meeting you guys.

Cheers,
Karlo



Eastern eye Click beetle
              


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Harper Lee,author To Kill a Mockingbird